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AH Is In Readiness
ForOpeningNortli
WHkesboro School
•A
Baxter Par-
. ^ ii farm«» of flrst-
^ tonight in tl^ slay-
Aw l^ya»r-old sister-in-
law, Jwnei Pink.
2«JI^i^ne8e R®««tr»tion of High School
ah^ river atid land foreas latinched
a iatrific attack' all along the
War front today in
a aaam oaoaUared by foreign mil-
ita'Jy. observers the beginning of
jm pensive to capture Hankow
^ the first snowfall. The
—jsa joggemaot, slowed up
for several"tnoatha, picked op mo
mentum as .severe fighting raged
on the shores of Poyank lake and
on both banks of the Yangtze.
Students Entering First
Time Be This Week
BUILDINGS CLEANED
Equipment Placed In Best
of Condition and Ready
For Opening On 5th
WHEAT ON MARKET
Wadtington, Aug. 26. ~ The
government undertook today to
place 100,000,000 bushels of sur
plus American wheat in highly
competitive world .grain raarket|,
even if it has to. taSn 'a loss of
as ssaeb as |2h,Qfl9,oiM the opr
eradoo. The figricoltural E>e-
partment notifiea grain traders it
would buy wheat this week and
Cfilenday for shipment to foreign
Meontries under a subsidy program
^Ihe details Of which are to be an
nounced later.
C. I. O. CHALLENGED
Wash^igtMr AiA-ipr'—The»C.
I. 0. received a dialKp^la'today to
refute charges madd hy*an'A..F.
of L. official that many of its or
ganizers were Communists, The
challenge'was made by Chairman
Dies (D), Tex., of ttie house com
mittee on-j^^a^-Amcrican” activi
ties, in a letter to B.'L. Oliver of
f ibor’s Non-Partisan League, po-
ical arm of the C. I. 0.. The
letter replied to accusations made
by the league against Edward F.
Sullivan, committee investigator.
TOBACCO AT 24c
Raleigh, Aug. 26.—Heavy offer
ings continued today on the 14
new bright belt tobacco markets
and the price average remained
■prnr—n
atate-federal crop reporting serv-
fce said that there was a strong
demand for low to fair quality
^gs and priming. Low to fine
primings, however, continued to
make up the bulk of the sales, with
a fair volume of lugs included.
According to a statement made
this morning by Superintendent
Paul S. Cragau, all is In readi
ness for the opening of the North
WHkesboro city schools on Mon
day morning. September 5th, at
8:40 o’clock.
During the summer months all
school furniture has been repair
ed and refinlshed. Window
shades have been replaced in
both buildings where needed and
all ‘nstructlonal equipment has
been placed in the best of con
dition. Both buildings have been
thorcughlv cleaned and put in
readiness for the new year. This
improvement has been under the
direction of T .7. Haigwood. who
has been custodian of the school
property for several years.
Repairs to 1’brary bonks and
Supplementary Readers have been
made, and all needed instruction
al supplies, textbooks and work
books are ready for the pupils to
go to work.
Registration for High School
pupils who are attending the
North Wilkesboio high school for
the first time can be made at the
office on Thursday or Friday
morning. The superintendent will
bo glad to meet with any parents
desiring to discuss matters con
cernin'; the registration or classi
fication of their children on
Residents of ,jWilkes county last
ear received a total of $26,352,-
50 from public assistance funds,
including state, federal and local
expenditures to the aged needy
and dependent children. Needy
aged got $20,389.55, and depend
ent children received $5,933 in
the county.
A total of 237 old people of
Wilkes county and 271 children
li^Hng here were listed on the
state office records as having re-
Thursday or Friday.
The faculty list is complete be
low, with the exception ceived payments during the mooith.
high school nfStk'tffift'hwr ntWiWl® „f June, according to figures re-
teacher for Woodlawn colored
(Continued on page eight)
i
‘ MURDER, SUICIDE
, Kannapolis, Aug. 26. — Frank
Powell, 28, shot his wife to death
late today and then committed sui-
cid**. Coroner N. J. Mitchell re
ported. Mitchell and Police Chief
jjp. Chapman said that shortly
Powell came home this aft-
mrtioon he started chasing his wife
fttA fired twice at her as she fled
to the porch of a neighbor’s
house. There, Powell sat on his
wife’s body while he loaded his
gun, then fired twice more at her,
the officers said . Mitchell said
that Powell then turned the gun
on himself.
AGREE AS USUAL
Hy^ Pork, N. Y., Aug.^ 26.—
President Roosevelt, after iliseuss-
ing with James A. Farley his
iwi y»gainst anti-adnunistration
aocrats, told reporters today
ST^the two saw eye to eye on
the general political situation.
In response to a press conference
question, the Chief Executive au
thorized this statement: “We
were in complete agreement, as
aamU' Mi. Roosfvelt placed
son* pnphasis on the words, “as
* apparently giving an indi-
■ , xeet reply to often-circulated re-
porte tb»^ postmaster-general
oppSMd his intervention in state
Democratic primaries.
Cashions Render
Kiwanis Program
Interesting Meeting of Club
Held Friday Noon; Prof.
Cragan New Member
Program Cha'rman A. A. Cash-
ion fct thn Kiwanis meeting Fri
day introduced his program by
saying that he had gone into his
own home to find speakers for
the program.
He presented his dau.shter,
Miss Pauy Oashion, who gave a
reading entitled “The Wheels of
Ijife.’’ Ytiung Neil Cashion then
gave a dancing number and was
accompanied at the p'ano by Miss
Elsie Nichols. The program clos
ed with .sn address hv Mrs. Helen
Cashion on the subject of "My
Country”. The program wa.s very
much enjoyed.
In a brief business session Paul
S.
city school system,
ed inte membership by Rev. Watt
Cooper. County Agent Dan Hol
ler mad'j a brief report of farm
protects now under way.
C. O. -McNiel and C. B. Eller
mads a brief report of their re
cent trip into Vermont and Maine.
Earl Caldwell was a guest of
T. E. Story and W. H. H. Cowles
was a guest of T. B. T^inley at the
meeting.
g Many Farmers Job Annual Farm and
Hipe Tour of Wilkes on Wednesday
T«>Ucez Visits By Party.the tour looked
iwing Demonstrations
Of County Projects
improvement demonstra-
I stand
j tion.
Other demonstrations included:
. .J j Branch Mathis’, tobacco demon-
rtactices being used successful-1 strations, electric fence, farm
ly 1^ farmers were viewed ’Thurs- machinery. Paul Church s, 4 - H
day By more than 75 who joined
extelwon workers in a farm and
hon», toot ?f Wilkes coynty.
axtbision Serv-
h»ttr inniuded , O. F.
MIm Ana-
' boMe agent;
onty ageot; Jesse
'igeni-''
during thr all ' day
started early Thurs-
ti»e - coartbousc, ttiere
^ as sixteen well
corn projects, crop rotations, farm
and home records; Mr. Jones’ at
Cricket, results of use of super
phosphate and stable manure on
pastures; Gilbert Foster’s, mod
ern water kitchen ar-
rangb^tii^ ^bmanstration; James
Mrs. Ethel B. Moore, supervis
or of adult education, and eight
local people attended the two-
weeks’ training course which
rangedjbi^ ^unonstration; gios jd Friday, at Cnllowhee
Ritchie’s, .poultry houses and flock Those from Wilkes who a
[xteen weu aoic vu-hdq ..cm aii.cuuou uj
• Th^cot^ty .agent reported t^t. approximately .,175„te|chers from
Awdoii maeb'^intb^t waz ahotira at each eonptiee la. the
Ly*" I
Wildlife Program
Along Parkway
Being Developed
To Prsv«a “Jumping Light”
Enrollment is ■
Expected to Be
Above Last Year
•V
Hope That Parkway Lands
Will Become Breeding
Ground For Game
Schools Began Their Work
Smoothly Today Through
out School System
Washington, D. C. . . . F*‘lix
Frankfurter, whose appoint
ment to the vacant seat of .Tus-
tioe Cardoso Is reportetl being
urged by many adherents of
the Nctv Deal. He was born In
Vienna, is Professor of Law at
Harvard University, and an au
thority on law and government.
Over 3 MiUion
Spent Last Year
For State Needy
Wilkes Gets $26,352.50 *n
Combined Federal, State
and Local Funds
of June, according to figures re
leased this week by J. A. Stewart,
auditor of the division of public
assistance of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare.
Total expenditures in the State
for the year ended June 30 came
to $3,026,153.22 of combined fed
eral, state and local funds with
$22,209,867.29 spent for old age
assistance and $816,285.93 being vines and trees,
given to families with dependent
children.
The total expenditures for the
Stocking streams with fish and
providing a sanctuary for small
game on parkway and park lands
are objectives winch ar.> :,lre;idy
being accomplishvd, accor b'.ag tc
statements made in the official
bulletin of the National Parkway
Service bulletin, “The Blue RMg
Parkway News”.
Following are excerpts from the
bulletin which explain the wildlife
program:
Wildlife Program Begins
Last month we mentioned that
our landscape development would
be of benefit to wildlife and that
we intended to stock some of the
Parkway streams with trout.
Now we are ready with a pre
view of the whole wildlife pro
gram, planned not only to improve
conditions on the Parkway, but
with your assistance, to develop
the whole region for better hunt
ing and fishing.
The Parkway itself will become
a great sanctuary, offering a safe
place for game to breed and feed.
Coveys of quail, instead of being
hunted until the last bird is killed
will flee to the Park protection so
that seed stock will remain for the
next year. Quail and other birds
not only offer food and sport, but
assist by eating the insects that
destroy crops.
It is our hope that the Parkway
will become a great breeding
ground and that wildlife will in
crease to such an extent that they
will spread \(ut over the surround
ing-country and restore'it to ita
former glory as the “Happy
Hunting Ground” of your ances
tors and the Indians.
We have a real job ahead, but
our program is actually under
way. Following is a brief outline
of the work we are undertaking to
help wildlife:
(1) Parkway slopes will be
planted to native grasses, shrubs.
CHANGES ARE MADE
rhrce Schools Trsmsported ta
Wilkesboro For the
First Time
QUINCY, Mass. ... A new traffic signal designed to stop motorists
and pedestrians from “jumping the light” is shown teing
strated by Arthur Loungway (right) of Endicott, N. Y, its invent
or. The invention is a device consisting of an alumiitum enMsed
circle of 16 bulbs’15 white and the 16th red. "The white lighU in
dicate the number of seconds before the light is/ to change, thus el-
iminatmg the possibility of being “caught” by a changing light at
an intersection.
Legion Post To
Install Officers
Club Directors
Receive Reports
J. W. Hall is Commander;
Trophy Will Be Present
ed to Cricket Team
Past Presidents of Kiwanis
Clubs Asked to Attend
District Convention
Officer-! for the coming year
will he installed in the American
Legion meeting to be held Friday
evening, September 2. at the Le
gion and Auxiliary clubhouse. J.
W. Hall, adjutant for the past
two years. Is the newly elected
commander of the cost.
Also Included in the program
for Friday night will be presen
tation df^iF^phy to Cricket JunT
lor baseball team, Wilkes county
champions of American Legion
junior baseball leagues.
Entertainment for the meeting
will include horseshoe pitching
and refreshments. Every member
of the Legion is asked to attend
the meeting.
(2) Worn-out and eroded fields
will be restored to pasture or
wildlife and game food areas.
Proclamation
year in nearby counteis: Yadkin, Gullied or very steep fields will be
$9,493; Surry, $44,556; Alleghany, returned to forest
$6,950.50; Ashe, $11,155.50; Wa- (3) In granting permits for
tauga, $7,676; Caldwell, $21,078; pastures or agricultural use, we
$17,961; Iredell, $39,- shall ask you to preserve the old
rail fences and to leave uncut the
during the shrubs and trees necessary to pro
to vide food and cover for wildlife.
(4) Streams will be improved
by construction of log and bould-
the er dams, providing brush cover,
and in other ways improving con-
Alexander,
596.20.
“Public assistance
past ,^ear h|as meant mu8h
those eligible to receive its bene
fits in North Carolina,’’ said Na
than H. Yelton, director of
division of public assistance. c... ... „
■"Through its aid, four county ditions for fish and game that are
homes have been closed and five dependent on water,
more are in process o f liquida- (5) Rearing P‘ ,
tion, their inmates to be placed in ponds, and lakes will be built and
homes outside the institutions prepared to provide proper condi-
where they will come closer to tions for fish and waterfowl.
lU U. Wiiere LllCJf V» 111 CUIIIC vivox:* vw biv/lio
Cragan, superintendent of the family life and happiness that is (6)
f school system, was introduc- available to them in institu- stockf
tional care,” he stated.
Heading the list of
counties of the state
the 100
in total
Small streams will be
closed to fishing so
that fish may grow safely. As
they grow they will continually
seek larger streams and ponds
amount spent was Guilford with and many will move to the waters
ttllluaut SpeUL V»«a WZV.Z* dllM via.* ... - -
$218^78, followed by Buncombe outside of the Parkway to supply nereoy
Being fully cognizant of the im
portance that the Motion Pictu”e
and the Motion Picture Theatre
occupy in our city, and
With a full realization of the
essential character of the motion
picture entertainment in the
amusement life of our city, and
Wheras we appreciate to the
fullest how greatly the motion
picture theatre is constantly stim
ulating trade in our markets and
stores, and
Whereas we highly approve of
the plan of calling the favorable
attention of our citizens to the su
perior quality and fitness of the
new Fall list of Ihe especially pre
pared motion pictures, and
Because we understand that,
for the first time, this Fall an
nouncement is being made by a
United Industry and handled in all
of its details by our own local
people, I, Mayor R. T. McNiel, do
Directors of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club met at Hotel
Wilkes Thursday evening with A.
F. Kilby as host.
Reports of the various commit
tees indicated progress of civic
improvements and projects in
which the club is engaged.
S. V. Tomlinson, chairman of
the Public Affairs eommlttze,-re
ported that' plans have material
ized for construction of a city
hall. He also tailed .attention to
street improvement work in pro
gress.
E. G. Finley chairman of the
agricultural committee, reported
that a pig had been purchased
for a 4-H club project and that
other interests directed by the
committee are progressing splen
didly.
The Secretary called attention
to the fact that thn district con
vention will be held in Spartan
burg, S. C„ on October 23 to 25.
The board decided to make an
effort to have all past presidents
of the club attend the convention.
It was suggested that Pete
Ivey, member of the Winston-
Salem Jo;irnal staff and a hum
orous lecturer, be secured as the
speaker for Ladies’ night to he
held soon.
J. C. Reins was appointed to se
cure a suitable speaker for Con
stitution Week September tl to
17.
The hoard was informed that a
Iirief storv and two pictures will
lie submitted to the Tenne-Sea
Trail association to be used In a
hhooklet advertising the Tenne-
Sea Trail.
Wilkes county school children,
about 10,000 ill number, this
morning answered present when
schools of the county school sys
tem opened the 193S-39 term.
C. B. Eller, county superintend
ent, at noon today said that all
schools oilened smoothly and that
at every place he had visited there
seemed to be “more children than
eevr before.”
Last year the enrollment in the
85 schools of the county reached
9,718. With a normal increase of
about 600 the enrollment this
year is expected to go well above
the 10,000 mark.
Barring interruptions the county
school system will reach the half-
term mark by adjournment for
Christmas holidays and will begin
the last half with the new year.
This year there are at least
three fewer schools than a year
ago. Hunting Creek school, where
the building was destroyed by
fire several weeks ago, is being
transported to Wilkesboro. Miller
and Edgewood were also consol
idated with Wilkesboro, where a
ten-room new school building was
put into use today. However, on
ly the first floor is being used at
tius time, but the remainder of
the building will be nady few use
in about two weeks.
At Boomer, where the old school
building was salvaged to get ma
terials to be used in the new
four-room building, the school is
being held in the Baptist and Ad
vent churches.
The transportation system has
continued to take in new terri
tory but ,tihe buses today were
traveling over roads which the
highway commission has been en
deavoring to place in condition
for all-weather travel Manly
miles have been stone surfaced by
highway 'and WPA forces since
last year.
Tomlinson Speaks
About Dairying
Prominent Business Man and
Farmer Advocates More
Dairying On Farms
with $161,125.60. Guilford spent you with better fishing.
$152,289 for 1,111 old people and
$65,989 for 963 dependent '
dren.
Thirty-three thousand and six- are available,
ty persons were on, the old age as
sistance rolls during the year, 15,-'of
Proclaim that the day of Sep-
the tember 1st has been set aside by
I ana (7) The Parkway and -—— -
chilk Parks will be stocked with birds me for special obserrence of the
and other game as soon as they citizens of North Wilkesboro m
Pure Bred Rooster
Helps Make Flock
avaiiaoie celebration of motion pictures’
You probably know that some greatest year, and I do offimlly
the Parks include as much as urge the citizens of Norte Wilkes-
. Farmers who produce their own
hatching eggs will find that a
good, pure bred rooster is worth
more than he costs, accord-
sistance rolls during tne year, is,- of me rants mciuue as nui.i» as, —o- - ing to C. J. Maupin, extension
790 male and 17,270 female. Av- 6,000 acres and many portions of poultry specialist at State oCl-
Good: qualities such as heavy
Forest Service. Tnese rarK areas egg production, laying large eggs,
may be stocked with deer and wild by the Motion Picture Studios m rowth, and bodily vigor are
their avowed purpose of demon- exnlained. am
erage gprants to the aged needy
came to $8.97.
During the year 22,196 depend
ent children in 7,959 families were
timber placed on the state office records.
ith 11,026 being males and 11,-
170 females.
Adult Teachers In
a 2-Weeks Course
Keys to Conduct
Those from Wilkes who attend
ed were W. H Hurley, of Crick-
Tfed R. Nichols, of Purlear; C.
Jones, of Millers Creek; A. B.
of white Rocks:: J. M. German’s,
dairy bam and land.scape project; gj
N,.-C. Andrews’, pasture improve- j jones, oi miners ireeK; a. o.
merit; T. W. Ferguson’s, herd of Hayes, of Hays;, J. A. Foster, of
Herefords. Ferguson; Mrs ■*'“ — “*
A, bounteous picnic lunch was Boomer; Mrs. j. u. uivmeui auu
spread at Hollywood Lake atfnoon Miss Myrtle Nprrlq, of,North Wil-
and was one of the holiday enjoy- kesboro.
able features of the occasion.
The cotirse was attended
their avowed purpose of demon
strating that motion pictures are
your best entertainment.
R. T. McNiel, Mayor.
RANSOM JARVIS, 89,
oeneb jwvilcs claimed by death
inheritable, he explained, and it
pays to use roosters of good breed
ing that can transmit these qual
ities to his offspring.
He also recommended that the
growers breed their imales only
to their best hens.
S. V. Tomlinson, prominent
North Wilkesboro business man
and one of Wilkes county’s most
successful farmers, has gnraciously
rendered an account of a aairy-
men’s meeting held Wednesday
I and added some interesting com-
I ment included in a talk he made
! that day. Mr. Tomlinson’s article
follows:
The writer had an opportunity
to attend a dairy meeting in
Wilkesboro at the courthouse on
Wednesday, August 24, and re
ceived some very valuable infor
mation from the address of F. R.
Farnham and olfhers who spoke
at this meeting to the farmers of
Wilkes county. -
The only regrettable feature
was, not enough farmers attended
this meeting. Unless the farmers
come out and attend these meet
ings and show their appreciation
of the fine work of our county
agent, Dan Holler, and others,
they caimot be benefited by this
farm extension program.
(Continued on page eight)
Rev. Charles A. Keys, Jr., who
began preaching at the age of
five and who Is now only 20
years of age, will begin a revival
meeting at the North Wilkesboro
school auditorium on Sunday,
September 4, and continue with
services pach evening at 7:30 un
til September 10.
The young minister has gained
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Shady Grove for Ransom
Jarvis, aged 89, citizen of North
Wilkesboro route 3, who died Sat
urday at Trivette’s hospital near
Harmony.
Ho was a well known citizen of
his community and is suiidved by
The young minister nas gainea the foUo^g brothers «ste^
llstic field and ha.s been heard Minoa
over the air a number of times.
He invites all churches and every
body to attend and take part Iz
the services. Special music - and
old time singing .Will be featured
sennonB by.
Jarvis, Mrs. Sarah Anne
Lunsford and Mrs. Ida Felts.
The last rites, which were large-
attended, were conducted by
This Week Last Opportunity to Pay
Tax Before Land Sale For 1937Taxes
The list of delinquent Wilkes
county taxpayers for the year
1937 is appearing for the Iwt
time this Week and land on which
taxes for 1937 are not paid will be
sold by Sheriff C. T. Doughton on
Monday, September 6.
Those who pay the tax this
wpek will save cost of sale and
a good record of tax collections
for the year, and the Uxpayers
who can possibly do so will no
doubt pay the tax and save the
amount of the cost of land .sale
certificate.
Attention is also called to •»
fact that the 1938 taxes may, he
paid to W. P. KeUy, eoqnty •*r-